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In a local newspaper, I recently read an editorial titled: “Truckers Should Not Be Texting While Driving.” The writer improperly quoted statistics and singled out the trucking industry as the problem.

The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index fell 10.5% in October from a year earlier, the largest October-to-October decline in the 20 years in which it has been calculated.

UPS Inc. said that its less-than-truckload unit is expanding pickup and delivery hours for trucks based at its London, Ontario, facility.

American Trucking Associations will co-sponsor a national conference next May on sleep apnea and its effects on truck drivers and the trucking industry.

WASHINGTON — A top regulator within the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the agency has begun its review of the truck driver hours-of-service rule and that it intends to complete its review by next July.

The federal estate tax, often referred to as the “death tax,” would disappear in 2010 if the Senate this month fails to approve a House bill that would essentially extend current rules.

Transportation software firm Xata Corp. reported losses in its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year, and said it acquired a fleet operations software firm.

The Environmental Protection Agency is likely to rule Monday that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant, the Wall Street Journal reported.